Diaries of an Urban Panther by Amanda Arista

Author:Amanda Arista
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Contemporary, Fiction, Paranormal
ISBN: 9780062114747
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Published: 2011-07-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

I had thrown my bag on the bed in my bedroom on the second floor of Iris’s house. I’d come there straight from the airport, ready for my monthly visit. After hair and teeth brushing, I hopped down the stairs to the kitchen where she was no doubt preparing a feast.

“Can I help with something?” I asked as she cut up potatoes and threw them into a pot of boiling water.

“Biscuits,” she said, pointing her knife to a tube of Pillsbury biscuits.

I bounced around the kitchen, remembering where everything was from last month’s visit. There may have been humming involved as I placed the sticky biscuits on the tray one by one.

“Why are you so happy?” Iris asked as she slid the rest of the potatoes in the pot.

“I don’t know. I got some good news at work. And I’ve been asked to collaborate for a comic book by a few guys back in LA.”

“Nothing to do with Chaz coming to dinner?”

I swear my mouth smiled at its own accord. “You need to get over your obsession with Chaz and I hooking up.”

Iris huffed and threw a handful of salt into the boiling potatoes. I finished arranging the gooey biscuits on the cookie sheet.

“Well, I do have a few more things to tell you. Didn’t seem right over the phone.”

I sat down at the table and listened as she busied around, opening cans of French cut green beans and cream of mushroom soup. I hadn’t had green bean casserole in, well, a very, very long time. I watched carefully as she added all the ingredients and started mixing.

She was having a hard time trying to formulate her words as she stirred away. Her lips were pursed and she would open them and then close them every now and then as the spoon went faster and faster in the bowl.

“There is one more thing that we are going to have to work on with you. And quick.”

“What?”

“You’re stronger than you were just last month.”

“I’ve mastered my shields. Don’t even have to think about it most days. Just leave the house and when I lock the door, I lock them into place.” I offered, turning to follow her small figure around the kitchen. “Sensei is helping me focus and concentrate. And kick some major ass.”

Iris shuffled to a cabinet where she grabbed a glass dish. As she pulled it from the high shelf, the glass slipped from her fingers. Her body was faster than even I could see as she caught the dish six inches from the floor.

“Damn pan,” she muttered to herself as she went back to her bowl. As I watched her, slack jawed, she just continued with her spiel. “Remember how when I brushed you, you nearly fell out of your chair?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Well Rea . . .” she licked her lips and started over. “The Havertys have been known to use that energy as a weapon.”

I gulped. “Like when I threw Chaz into a wall?” I really wasn’t ever going to live that down.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.